From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 1 13:48:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD28106568F for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:48:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFF48FC21 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-157-40-167.bna.bellsouth.net [70.157.40.167]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n91DluwM092899 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:47:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Bruce Evans In-Reply-To: <20091001225842.X21418@delplex.bde.org> References: <200909301732.20589.jhb@freebsd.org> <20091001090218.L21015@delplex.bde.org> <95A6555E-09DE-45E4-BF80-D2C524CD33C3@gmail.com> <20091001225842.X21418@delplex.bde.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:47:51 -0500 Message-Id: <1254404871.2320.99.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RDNS_DYNAMIC,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: Rui Paulo , arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interrupt Descriptions X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:48:00 -0000 On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 23:31 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Rui Paulo wrote: > > > On 1 Oct 2009, at 01:02, Bruce Evans wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >>> A few folks have asked recently for the ability to add descriptive strings > >>> to > >>> registered interrupt handlers. This is especially true since the advent > >>> of > >>> MSI with multiple interrupts per device. I hacked up a prototype today > >>> that > >> > >> Interrupt names should be no longer than 4 (5 works sometimes) characters > >> so > >> that they can be displayed by systat -v. > > Make that: "Interrupt names must must contain only characters that > take 1 space to print, and must be no longer than 10 characters, or > unique and without garbage when blindly truncated to 10 characters, > or in a special form that can easily be understood and compressed to > <= 10 characters. The special forms are..." > > Similarly for device names (max length 4 or 5) and sleep message strings > (max length 6). > > > We should just change systat, IMHO, but I know it's not easy. > > It's impossible to make changes that increase display resource requirements > without breaking something. Either small displays stop working or scrolling > is required. While I have always liked the fact that systat -v was capable of displaying most anything that you would care about in one display, lack of display real-estate is not a sufficient reason to limit the descriptions. Perhaps it is time for systat to get a bit of an overhaul... robert. > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland FreeBSD